...Naoki Saito; Takanori Sato; Takanori Ogasawara; Ryo Takahashi; Toshiyuki Sato Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe a mechanical equilibrium model of a one‐end‐fixed type rubberless artificial muscle and the feasibility of this model for control of the rubberless artificial muscle...

...Robert Bogue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe a range of artificial muscle and soft gripping technologies for robotic applications. Design/methodology/approach Following a short introduction, this paper first discusses the role of air muscles and other pneumatic actuation...

...‐traditional solutions. One of the possible approaches to a non‐traditional solution of drive systems in robotic technology is the application of pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM). The purpose of this paper is to review the designs and applications of the under‐pressure artificial muscle (UPAM...

...Ryuma Niiyama; Yasuo Kuniyoshi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on an engineering application of the vertebrate musculoskeletal system. The musculoskeletal system has unique mechanisms such as bi‐articular muscle, antagonistic muscle pairs and muscle‐tendon elasticity. The “artificial...

...Youlun Xiong; Caihua Xiong; Xianzhi Jiang; Ronglei Sun; XiaoLin Huang; Youlun Xiong Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the control methods of the exoskeleton robotic arm for stroke rehabilitation. Design/methodology/approach The robotic arm is driven by the pneumatic muscle...

... for electroactive polymer artificial muscles (EPAM). Robot prototypes and well as early commercial prototypes developed by Artificial Muscle, Inc. in pumps, valves, and actuators prove superior performance over other actuation solutions. Originality/value Introduces a new low cost, low power consumption, light...